Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence.
Gloria Naylor,
writer
Mistakes are part of the game. It’s how well you recover from them, that’s the mark of a great player.
Alice Cooper
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson – 1709-1784 – English Critic-Biographer-Essayist-Poet
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.
Enoch Powell – 1912-1998 – Politician
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
Voltaire
“A memory is a beautiful thing, it’s almost a desire that you miss.”
Gustave Flaubert
“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
We’re often silent. We don’t yell and we don’t complain. We’re patient, as always. Because we don’t have the words yet.
I write not about war, but about human beings in war. I write not the history of a war, but the history of feelings. I am a historian of the soul.
Svetlana Alexievich,
writer, journalist, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient
March is Women’s History Month
I’d stay up until 3 or 4 in the morning, as long as anyone would play with me. I worked eight or 12 hours a day on chess.
I’m the most important American chess player. … That’s why chess should support me. I’m bringing it publicity, and ultimately, money.
Lisa Lane,
chess player, US women’s chess champion
1933-2024
March is Women’s History Month
